Juergen Freund / Guttering to redirect water at the Daintree Drought Experiment, where rainforest plants grown under cover to see how they respond to drought. Daintree Rainforest Observatory, northern Queensland, Aust...

Juergen Freund / Scientist Susan Laurance leads the Daintree Drought Experiment in far north Queensland. The experiment combines the efforts of plant physiologists, ecologists, soil experts, climatologists and hydrolo...

Bernard Castelein / Klein Schietveld during drought, this land is normally flooded wetlandsland, Brasschaat, Belgium. August.

Jabruson Motion / THIS VIDEO CLIP WILL BE AVAILABLE TO VIEW ONLINE SOON. TO VIEW NOW, PLEASE CONTACT US. - African elephant (Loxodonta africana) killed by poachers with tusks hacked from skull, lying on parched earth,...

David Pattyn / Hanuman langur / Northern Plains Grey Langur (Semnopithecus entellus) drinking from a water tap at Ranthambore fort. Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India.

Ernie Janes / Sugar beet crop in August wilting in summer drought, Norfolk, August 2013.

Denis-Huot / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) hunting an adult Thomson's gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) weakened by drought, Masai-Mara game reserve, Kenya

Ben Osborne / Aerial view of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) find shade under trees to avoid midday sun, during a drought. Northern Botswana. Taken on location for BBC Planet Earth series, October 2005

David Woodfall / Drought affected agricultural land, monsoon wind blowing top soil from fields, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia

David Woodfall / Villagers living in former river bed now dry due to siltation, complex effects of climate change, Ganges delta, Bangladesh, November 2008

Wild Wonders of Europe / Allofs / Canal with drought patterns near Etang du Fangassier, Camargue, France, May 2009

Wild Wonders of Europe / Allofs / Drought patterns in muddy soil, Camargue, France, May 2009